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Curculionites morosus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Curculionites morosus was named by Heer (1856). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

It was recombined as Hylobius morosus by Oustalet (1874) and Handlirsch (1907).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. parvulus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Liparus primaevus Giebel p. 140
1856Curculionites morosus Heer p. 24 figs. Pl 1, fig 13
1874Hylobius morosus Oustalet p. 271 figs. Pl 3, fig 18; pl 4, fig 13
1907Hylobius morosus Handlirsch p. 819
2015Curculionites morosus Legalov p. 1497

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
genusCurculionites
speciesmorosus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Curculionites morosus Heer 1856
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Invalid names: Liparus primaevus Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Hylobius morosus (122487)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Hylobius morosus (123943 138838) Liparus sp. (type locality: 122877)